Chick-fil-A Bowl

—Duke Johnson still remembers how helpless he felt, sitting at home. Two weeks after he fractured his ankle against Florida State, the Miami running back was relegated to observer when his Hurricanes teammates took the field against Duke in Durham last November. Earlier that day, Johnson and his mother, Cassandra Mitchell, had watched Virginia Tech lose to Maryland in a game that opened the door for Miami to take control in the race for the Coastal Division title. But the Hurricanes wasted their opportunity, sputtering against Duke. Miami's defense gave up 358 yards of total offense, 20 unanswered points in the second half and the Hurricanes' offense couldn't move the...

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